ORIGIN

Mango shuffled carefully down the tunnel, squinting at the path to avoid tripping on something again. She was so absorbed that at first she did not hear the voices echoing towards her.

When the sounds finally permeated her mind she jerked her head upwards to find a group of Gembounds standing near the wall, talking and gesturing towards it. Intruiged she crept closer, trying not to draw attention to herself. This attempt was cut short when Mangos paw caught on a root and with a startled yip she pitched chest first to the floor.

Sneezing slightly to get the dirt out of her nose she looked up at the Gembounds around her and smiled sheepishly. "eh Hello..."

Getting hurridly to her feet Mango backed away slowly.

"Um, sorry for disturbing you... " The gembounds all looking at her looked rather scary, ecspecially the huge one with horns almost as long as her tail and hooves big enough to squash her whole head.

Deciding she wasn't quite ready yet for company she pessed out a hurried, "I'll just go, " turned on her heel and scurried away, ignoring the rocks she was almost hiting as she ran.